Indian social media ShareChat teeters on $3bn valuation after funding rally July 27, 2021 Indian social media platform ShareChat is teetering on a valuation of $3bn after its latest funding round pulled in $145m. It comes not even three months after the Bangalore-based startup bagged $502m in backing, which hoisted its valuation to $2.1bn. With a climbing value, ShareChat has managed to secure a cool $911m in funding over [...]
Simple steps to boost your mental health and wellbeing October 12, 2023 Building positive habits into your daily routine can increase your mental resilience. Find your little big thing with Every Mind Matters. Search Every Mind Matters today at nhs.uk/every-mind-matters Everybody has days when the world seems a little too much – when the work deadlines pile up, perhaps, and life back home feels just as stressful. [...]
Screenshot: Have Bezos and Branson ushered in a new era of space tourism? July 23, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: Badger, mushroom, snake **Have Bezos and Branson ushered in a space tourism boom? **No more chill for Netflix Media Moment of the Week: Badger, mushroom, snake Want to feel old? The iconic animated badger video (you know the one) is now almost 18 years old. Aside from lamenting [...]
Packaging giant DS Smith sees profit tumble but e-commerce boom beckons June 22, 2021 Packaging giant DS Smith saw its profit slide in the last financial year as the boom in online shopping failed to offset the initial impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite record growth in the second half of the year, the cardboard maker said that profit before tax fell 37 per cent to £231m last year. Full-year revenue [...]
A post-pandemic high street must be experience-led, says Geek Retreat CEO June 2, 2021 In a post-pandemic world, the high street needs to offer customers something more experiential – something online giants like Amazon can’t offer – the CEO of ‘geek culture’ store Geek Retreat has said. Geek Retreat, the retailer that sells everything from comics and graphic novels to action figures, and also offers customers access to gaming [...]
UBS chief: Staff who choose not to get vaccine can work from home rather than office September 2, 2021 UBS employees who don’t want to receive the Covid vaccine can apply to work from home instead, the Swiss bank’s CEO Ralph Hamers announced today, indicating a more flexible approach than some banking rivals. Some banks, including Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, have mandated vaccines for staff returning to their desks in some [...]
Wall Street rallies on strong tech earnings as FTSE 100 slips February 3, 2021 Wall Street pushed higher today on the back of strong tech earnings, but the FTSE 100 closed in the red after early losses were reserved. The Dow Jones was up 0.26 per cent shortly before markets closed, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose 0.28 per cent and 0.18 per cent respectively. It marked the [...]
Morrisons and Amazon: Retail’s newest BFFs June 14, 2019 By Graeme Evans from interactive investor. Extending its relationship with the world’s biggest retailer is shrewd business by Morrisons’ CEO. The quiet revolution at Morrisons (LSE:MRW) under chief executive David Potts continues to impress after the supermarket chain extended its partnership with online giant Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Whereas its rivals have looked to grow through consolidation – with Tesco (LSE:TSCO) buying Booker and Sainsbury’s (LSE:SBRY) trying to [...]
Top pay at US law firms climbs to over £150k for London’s new solicitors July 5, 2021 Legal practice for the elite has thrived in London despite the pandemic, as an increasing number of US law firms have upped their pay for new solicitors. Houston-based firm Vinson & Elkins last month confirmed its new starting pay of £153,400, up four per cent from the year prior. The Texan firm topped the ranks [...]
Screenshot: Have the streaming wars just gone nuclear? May 21, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: That’ll do, you donkeys **Have the streaming wars just gone nuclear? **Can London close the tech gap on Silicon Valley? Media Moment of the Week: That’ll do, you donkeys Shrek turned 20 this week. Ah lovely, an innocent reminder of youth, I bet you’re thinking. Wrong. It’s actually [...]